Ok, so you know those catchy little commercials for FreeCreditReport.com? The one with the guy with a guitar singing about how some hacker stole his identity? There’s one that takes place in a pirate restaurant, and one that takes place at a Renaissance Fest. Yeah, you know the ones.

Well, apparently, they’re in big trouble with the law. They’re required by law to let users peek at their credit reports once annually, but they make people sign up for a $15/month service to access their free credit reports. They’ve been through several lawsuits about this, but they’re still advertising the site and pulling the bait and switch.

Well, the U.S. government decided that they had had enough, so they created their own free credit report website. This one really is free. So how do they get the word out about their new website? By creating a parody commercial and releasing it on the Web.

That’s right. That was put out by the U.S. government. Those are our tax dollars hard at work, and I have to say, I’m glad to have given patriotically to this commercial.

But wait! That FreeCreditReport.com commercial in the pirate restaurant was really catchy. Can we get a parody of that one too?

Yes. Yes, you can.

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